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With Dirk back, Carlisle going to give himself ‘one more night to sleep on’ his primary point guard

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Mavericks are pretty confident about one thing regarding their point guards. They’ll all look a little better with Dirk Nowitzki playing next to them.

That’s the way things work with superstars.

But it will be interesting to see which point guard is the biggest beneficiary of playing alongside Nowitzki. It’s already known that Nowitzki will come off the bench for at least one more game. So whichever point guard starts the game, probably gets less time to work with Nowitzki.

Rick Carlisle’s biggest job moving forward will be figuring out the rotations and who plays best with each other. And Dominique Jones, Darren Collison and Roddy Beaubois all are going to have to earn the trust of their coach.

“Look, we’ve got three guys [at the point] that have all done good things,” Carlisle said. “We just need to keep going forward and keep getting those guys better, and I think Dirk being back on the floor certainly enhances everybody’s opportunity to play better.”

Carlisle said he’s got an idea of who he expects to be the primary ballhandler. Of course, he wasn’t in a divulging mood to enlighten anybody about how he’s leaning.

“I’m starting to get a feel as to who the guy is probably going to be,” Carlisle said. “I’m going to give myself one more night to sleep on it. I don’t think that’s unfair.”